CVE-2021-1950 Auth bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

High 7.8 Published Updated

Improper memory cleaning allows attackers to bypass face authentication on various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-1950?

CVE-2021-1950 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, published on 1 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Improper cleaning of secure memory between authenticated users can lead to face authentication bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1950?

It affects 92 products.

Products include Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6005 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6010 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware and 86 more.

How do I fix CVE-2021-1950?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2021-1950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vm4w-fvwj-jpqx.

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